SCJedi
In Bloom
If anyone has an interest, here is the current water-only soil I use. Gracefully provided by Lubdanugs elsewhere.
I will note that the past two years I used Swami & Coot's modified Cornell recipe but it always ran light on nitrogen even with teas and top-dressing. This is their mix:
Base mix
1 part high-quality compost
1 part pumice or perlite
1 part sphagnum peat moss-no additives
Food
1 cup Fertrell fish meal per cubic ft of base mix
1 cup Acadian kelp meal per cu ft base mix
1 cup basalt rock dust per cu ft base mix
1 cup pacific pearl oyster shell powder
- 8 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
- (This can also be your 1/3-1/3-1/3 peat/pumice/compost as listed below)
- 25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings
- 5 lbs steamed bone meal
- 5 lbs Bloom bat guano
- 5 lbs blood meal
- 3 lbs rock phosphate
- ¾ cup Epsom salts
- ½ cup sweet lime (dolomite)
- ½ cup Azomite (trace elements)
- 2 tbsp powdered humic acid
I will note that the past two years I used Swami & Coot's modified Cornell recipe but it always ran light on nitrogen even with teas and top-dressing. This is their mix:
Base mix
1 part high-quality compost
1 part pumice or perlite
1 part sphagnum peat moss-no additives
Food
1 cup Fertrell fish meal per cubic ft of base mix
1 cup Acadian kelp meal per cu ft base mix
1 cup basalt rock dust per cu ft base mix
1 cup pacific pearl oyster shell powder